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CARRIAGE CURTAIN 001w HOLDER. No. 382,957. Patented May 15, 1888.

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JAMES G. ENGLISH, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ENGLISH & MERSICK, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRlAGE-CURTAlN CORD HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,957, dated May 15, 1888.

Application filed January 30, 1888. Serial No. 262,411. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: that is, increases in size, so as to form a bulb- 5 5 Be it known that I, J AMES G. ENGLISH, of like termination of the cord.

New Haven, in the county of New Haven and represents the holder with which the tip State of Connecticut, have invented a new of the cord is adapted to engage. This holder Improvementin Garriage-Ourtain-Oord Holdis constructed with a base, D, by which it is ers; and I do hereby declare the following, secured in place. The holder is constructed when taken in connection with accompanying with a recess, 1), opening from its under side drawings and the letters of reference marked upward, and through the face of the holder thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descripis a vertical slot, a, extending into the recess.

10 tion of the same, and which said drawings con- The recess is somewhatlarger than the smaller stitute part of this specification, and repreend of the tip 13. The slot a is preferably sent, insomewhat narrower than the diameter of the Figure 1, a face view of the holder, showcord, so that the cord will fit closely therein. ing the cord attached; Fig. 2, a face view of In the interior of the holder a spring, (2, is

1 the holder; Fig. 3, a side View of the holder; arranged, (see Fig. 4,) so that as the tip B is Fig. 4, a vertical central section of the holder; forced into the holder the spring d will yield 0 Fig. 5, an under side View of the holder, lookfor the entrance of the tip, and so that when ing up; Fig. 6, a vertical central section of the the tip is in place in the holder the spring will holder with the tip and cord as set therein. bear against it, as seen in Fig. 6, so as to pre' 20 This invention relates to a device for bold vent its rattling in the holder.

ing the lower end of guide-rods for window- The holder is secured to the window jamb curtains of landau or other carriages having or post, as the case maybe, and the tip apfallingtops. plied to the cord in a corresponding position,

In this class of carriages, in which the tops but should be so that when the cord is secured 2 are constructed to turn backward, it is necesin the holder it will have the requisite degree sary to detach the curtain-roller from one end, of tension. The cord is to a considerable err so that it may be brought into substantially a tent elastic. vertical position before the top is dropped. To make the connection of the cord with the The curtains require a cord up each side holder, the tip is taken between the thumb 0 the window as guides for the lower edge of and finger and the cord drawn sufficiently the curtain, and in the detachment of one end taut to permit the tip to pass below lheholder, S of the curtain-roll it is necessary that this and the cord is then forced through the slot guide-cord should be detached in order that at until the tip may enter the cavity. Then the curtain-roll may be turned from its horithe tip is forced into the recess against the 35 zontal position above the window toavertieal spring d, as seen in Figs. 1 and 6, and is there position beside the window. held. When it is desired to detach the cord,

Various devices have been applied to make the tip is pulled down, so as to permit its esthe lower end of the cord easily detachable; cape from the holder. Then the cord is but such devices have generally been unsatisdrawn from the socket through the slot (1. 4o factory. This device makes a neat, strong, and dura- The object of my invention is to provide a bio connection for the cord, and is easily uncatch which will hold the lower end of the derstood and manipulated. guide-cord, permit its easy attachment, andat I claimthe same time prevent rattling of the engag- The herein-described carriage-curtain-cord 45 ing parts; and it consists in the construction holder 0, having a recess, 6, opening from its as hereinafter described, and particularly reunder side, a vertical slot, a, into the said rerro cited in the claim. cess, and a spring, d, in said recess, combined A represents the guidecord, which is ar with the tip 13, adapted for attachment to the ranged vertically beside the window in the cord and for introduction in the socket, sub- 0 usual manner. It is unnecessary for the unstantially as described.

derstanding of the invention to illustrate the JAMES G. ENGLISH. curtain. The lower end of the cord is pro- WVitnesses: vided with a metal tip, B, which is made fast JOHN B. KENNEDY,

to the cord. This tip is of handle shape- CHARLES F. BASSETT. 

